By Paul Ejime TO AVOID getting into trouble, the conventional wisdom for many is not to get involved – mind your business. It is also a convenient excuse for pro-establishment or politically correct individuals who dread rocking the boat. Persons with these tendencies abound in all strata of society, corporate establishments, social gro...
By Senator Babafemi Ojudu, CON “Something is wrong with us. In my town, Ado-Ekiti, you beg artisans—welders, bricklayers, carpenters, electricians—to work for you. And people still claim there are no opportunities.” THAT WAS a short message I posted on my Facebook page a few days ago. What I didn’t add is that when these artisans […]...
By Bola BOLAWOLE RITA, BOB Nesta Marley’s widow, says who feels it knows it but in Nigeria, the reverse is the case! Here, who feels it does not know it and who does not feel it knows it! The lyrics of “Who feels it (Knows it)”, recorded in 1980 but released in 1981 goes thus: […]
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE UNDOUBTEDLY, THE United States’ President Donald Trump does not appear to be a man of peace. He does not even care to be seen as such. Trump is cast in the mould of someone who loves a fight and is always in the mood to engage in one. Where there is no […]
By Paul Ejime SINCE FORMING the Alliance of Sahel States, AES, in 2023, followed by their controversial decision to quit the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in January 2024, the military juntas in Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso have thrown caution to the wind, ignoring the dire consequences of their ill-advised actions on [&he...
By Humphrey Ukeaja ACROSS NIGERIA, from the bustling streets of Lagos to the quiet neighbourhoods of Enugu and the vibrant markets of Kano, ultra-processed food (UPF) companies are saturating the country with flashy adverts for sugary drinks, snacks and products targeted at children. These items are everywhere—in schools, churches, and on soci...
By Senator Babafemi Ojudu, CON CONDUCT AN unscheduled search of most civil servants in Nigeria—federal or state—and you’re likely to uncover a stash of registered companies tucked away in drawers or digital files. From junior desk officers to procurement directors and permanent secretaries, many of them own multiple companies, each carefully ...
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE “When beggars die, there are no comets seen; heaven themselves blaze forth the death of princes” – spoken by Calpurnia, Julius Caesar’s wife, in William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. AT FIRST, I took little interest in the Uromi massacre for obvious reasons. How many of such assaults on our sensibilities do we suffer [...
By Paul Ejime ORDINARILY, PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu’s reconstitution of the governing board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited should inspire hope for positive changes in the country’s beleaguered petroleum sector, but for critics and many Nigerians, it is a wait-and-see response. An official government statement on 2n...
By Bala Mohammed THE RECENT overhaul of the NNPC Limited board and management by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is not merely an administrative reshuffle—it is a decisive intervention in the national interest, aimed at rescuing the country’s most strategic public enterprise from systemic rot and institutional capture. The necessity of these appoi...
